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2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship – Tipperary 4-18 Clare 2-21

May 10 @ 6:00 pm - 8:00 pm

Tipperary defeated Clare by 4-18 to 2-21 in Round 3 of the Munster Senior Hurling Championship on Saturday May 10th at Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg.

Early goal glut key as Tipp hold off desperate Clare fightback

Report by Eoghan Cormican courtesy of the Irish Examiner newspaper

Munster SHC: Clare 2-21 Tipperary 4-18

Tipperary moved out of intensive care. Their bed immediately filled. The patient’s report at the foot of the champions’ bed reads terminal. Champions for not much longer.

Mathematically, Clare are still breathing. Their pulse, though, is almost impossible to find. There are few permutations that will elevate the Banner from the foot of the Munster table into the third and final qualifying spot. Of those that do, they require Cork to overturn Limerick in the latter’s backyard next Sunday and then do same when they travel to the Gaelic Grounds on the closing Sunday of action. They also need their conquerors here to beat Waterford in their final outing.

All that gets Clare to three points, level with Limerick, but progressing on a superior head-to-head.

A long shot. A very, very long shot. In the five-year history of the Munster round-robin, three points have never been sufficient to advance.

For embattled and now emboldened Tipp, a first Munster championship victory since April 23, 2023. 748 days later, at the same venue, against the same opposition, they managed an unlikely same outcome.

The opening half did a fine impression of the 2023 Munster championship first-half between the same pair. On that occasion, Tipp were 3-7 to 0-7 ahead by the 22nd minute. That same stunned expression was worn by Clare crowd here. By the 23rd minute, they’d again been hit for a feast of Tipp majors and trailed 4-4 to 0-6.

The Tipp puckout had been devoured in two of their last three outings. In the first half of the League final, Cork struck 2-4 off Barry Hogan’s restarts. That figure was 2-3 in the opening half of their Munster championship clash three weeks later.

Here, Rhys Shelly started ahead of Hogan. We counted only two first-half puckouts lost. We counted 2-4 Tipp mined off their own restart. A sensational turnaround.

The Clare net was shaking from the sixth minute onward. Alan Tynan to John McGrath. His opening-round Thurles exploits revisited. The visitors suffocated their hosts from the off. They feasted on dreadful Clare passing. The fear from the visiting perspective was that all this early superiority was not carrying onto the scoreboard at either end.

After 11 minutes, Tipp’s report card showed five wides, a point attempt dropped short, and a second John McGrath goal opportunity, fashioned by the unmatched vision of his older brother, that flashed over.

A minute later, Cahill’s charges began to make amends for all of the above. Jason Forde assumed control of a long delivery. The offload to Andrew Ormond. Goal.

Eibhear Quilligan denied them a third goal with their fourth goal opportunity on 14 minutes. A fine save to deny Jake Morris. Jason Forde did at least convert the 65. 2-3 to 0-4.

The openings kept opening. And while enterprising, Tipp’s forward movement and passing wasn’t anything particularly extraordinary. Clare, quite simply, were a shambles at the back. Their unorganised state fed chaos. Conor Cleary was never so lamented. The absence of half their All-Ireland winning defence – John Conlon was a late withdrawal – was never so obvious.

Of the remaining half, Conor Leen was pulled after 20 minutes. He was pulled after John McGrath left him for dust on the road to his second green flag and Tipp’s third.

The fourth, on 23 minutes, began with a lost Tipp restart. David McInerney lost possession. Noel McGrath moved the sliotar and began the move. Forde’s piledriver was parried by Quilligan, Ormond’s rebound was not. Add on a pair of Forde frees and the scoreline on 29 minutes read a scarcely believable 4-6 to 0-6.

Clare, who’d registered just two points from play in the opening half an hour, had taken their summer back from the brink by half-time. Rodgers produced a stunning catch, from a David Reidy floated pass, and then produced a so desperatey needed goal. 4-9 to 1-9, with the wind to come, was not an insurmountable nine-point deficit.

Rodgers converted free after free upon the restart. Shane O’Donnell was introduced on 44 minutes. His first involvement was to pull down a Quilligan puckout and be pulled down himself for a converted free. On 55 minutes, Tony Kelly won and buried a penalty.

Frees won by O’Donnell and fellow sub David Fitzgerald enabled Clare to final achieve parity on 63 minutes. Amazingly, though, they’d never hit the front and added just a solitary white flag across the remaining 12 minutes.

Tipp’s final push was defiant. Michael Breen prevented Ian Galvin pulling the trigger for goal. Peter Duggan was stopped and somehow swallowed. John McGrath capitalised on a Daithí Lohan slip. McGrath was then fouled for a Forde converted free. Full-back Eoghan Connolly’s third and sub Seán Kenneally completed a four-in-a-row. A winning four-in-a-row. Jake Morris cleared the last ball from deep in the heart of his defence.

Tipp came to the home of the champions and gave their championship a pulse.

Post-Match Interview with Man of the Match John McGrath

Scorers for Tipperary: J McGrath (2-3); J Forde (0-8, 0-6 frees, 0-1 ‘65); A Ormond (2-1); E Connolly (0-3, 0-2 frees); J Morris (0-2); S Kenneally (0-1).

Scorers for Clare: M Rodgers (1-13, 0-13 frees); T Kelly (1-1, 1-0 pen, 0-1 free); S Rynne (0-3); R Taylor (0-2); C Malone, P Duggan (0-1 each).

TIPPERARY: R Shelly; M Breen, B O’Mara, E Connolly; R Maher, C Morgan, R Doyle; S O’Farrell, A Tynan; C Stakelum, A Ormond, N McGrath; J Forde, J McGrath, J Morris.
SUBS: O O’Donoghue for Stakelum (47); S Kennedy for Maher (55-59, temporary); W Connors for N McGrath (58); S Kennedy for O’Farrell (62); D Stakelum for Tynan (63); S Kenneally for Forde (66).

CLARE: E Quilligan; Darragh Lohan, A Hogan, C Leen; Daithí Lohan, C Galvin, D McInerney; R Taylor, C Malone; T Kelly, D Reidy, P Duggan; S Rynne, M Rodgers, S Meehan.
SUBS: Rory Hayes for Leen (20); S O’Donnell for Mehan (44); D Fitzgerald for Rynne (59); I Galvin for Reidy (63); J Conlon for Daithí Lohan (68).

REFEREE: J Owens (Wexford).

Post-Match Interview with Tipperary Manager Liam Cahill

Post-Match Interview with Clare Manager Brian Lohan

Fixture Details

Saturday May 10th
2025 Munster Senior Hurling Championship Round 3
Clare v Tipperary
Venue: Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg. at 6pm
Referee: James Owens (Wexford)
Live on GAA+

Ticket Information

THIS GAME IS NOW SOLD OUT.

Team News

CLARE: Eibhear Quilligan; Adam Hogan, Darragh Lohan, Conor Leen; Cian Galvin, John Conlon, David McInerney; Sean Rynne, Cathal Malone; Tony Kelly, Mark Rodgers, Shane Meehan; Ryan Taylor, Peter Duggan, David Reidy
Subs: Eamon Foudy, Daithi Lohan, Ross Hayes, Rory Hayes, Paddy Donnellan, Aaron Shanaher, David Fitzgerald, Jack O’Neill, Ian Galvin, Shane O’Donnell, Shane Woods.

TIPPERARY: Rhys Shelly; Robert Doyle, Eoghan Connolly, Michael Breen; Sam O’Farrell, Ronan Maher, Bryan O’Mara; Alan Tynan, Craig Morgan; Conor Stakelum, Andrew Ormond, Noel McGrath; Jake Morris, John McGrath, Jason Forde
Subs: Barry Hogan, Joe Caesar, Willie Connors, Sean Kenneally, Seamus Kennedy, Peter McGarry, Brian McGrath, Oisin O’Donoghue, Johnny Ryan, Darragh Stakelum, Billy Seymour

Traffic Management Plans / General Patron Information

Parking – No Parking in the vicinity of the grounds save for those with special parking passes.
Parking Passes for Glór Theatre and Clare FM studios must access the area via the Causeway link road only (Templegate Roundabout) those with passes should arrive before 17:00hrs
Pedestrian traffic gets priority post game – vehicles within the cordon area will wait for up to 40mins before being permitted to move off.

Access to Ennis via:
(1) Junction 11 (Dromoland),
(2) Junction 12 (Clareabbey)
(3) Junction 13 (Tulla Rd) – Heaviest traffic congestion before/after.
(4) Junction 14 (Barefield) – Lightest traffic before/after.
Egress post match recommended via Junctions 12 & 14.

Parking facilities: Ample parking has been provided for this event relatively close to the stadium.
• Clare County Council Offices – New Road Ennis V95 DXP2 Free
• Holy Family School, Station Rd. Ennis – V95 YR79 (paid parking- nominal fee – €5 supervised parking)
• Abbey St./Parnell St./Market Car Parks
• Legal on-street parking where available

Disability Parking: Limited number of parking passes available from/issued by Clare/Cork County Boards.

Traffic Restrictions Close to Grounds:
• No match traffic will be allowed to access Francis St. save for permit/pass holders.
• Vehicle access to Francis St. from Clon Rd. will be limited to residents and vehicles wishing to utilise Tesco and Aldi shopping centres only – access will be restricted at junction and car park entrance.
• Shopper vehicle access may be restricted at peek supporter movement times i.e. 16:30-18:00hrs and 19:30 – 20:30hrs.
Parking on Tulla Rd. inbound will be fully restricted to enable ease of egress to post match to Junction 13.

Traffic Enforcement: Where apparent, illegal parking will be dealt with by means of Fixed Charge Notice and/or towing if deemed so appropriate.
Particular Garda attention will be paid to poor parking in residential areas off New Rd./Lifford Rd./Clon Rd. & Tulla Rd. FCNs will be issued
Vehicles parked in vicinity of Garda ‘No Parking’ Cones will receive a fixed charge penalty notice

Ticket Entry Points – Stile number listed on each ticket
Stiles 1 – 20 at Tesco Side Francis St.
Stiles 21 – 24 – Friary Lane (opposite Poor Clare’s) Francis St.
Stiles 25 – 40 – Garda station side Abbey St.
South Seated Stand/Side line – Stiles – 15 to 20(opposite Tesco) & 21 – 24 (close to Friary)
North Terrace/Stand – Stiles 1 to 6 (opposite Tesco) & 33 – 40 (beside Garda Station)
West Terrace (Cloister) – Stiles No. 25 – 32 (beside Garda Station)
East Terrace (Aldi) – Stile nos. 7 – 14 (opposite Tesco)

Alcohol Consumption
If patrons present at the stiles intoxicated or in possession of alcohol, they will be refused access to the stadium both under stadium
regulations and under Sections 21 and 22 of the Public Order Act 1994.

Possession/Ignition of Flares/Smoke Bombs
Patrons attempting to gain entry to the grounds with any form of pyrotechnics will be refused entrance in accordance with Stadium rules.
While in the grounds any person who ignites a flare/smoke bomb will be ejected from the grounds and will be prosecuted for an offence contrary to Section 68(1)(a)(b) of The Criminal Justice Act 2006 – if found guilty fine up to €2,500 and/or up to 6 month imprisonment.

LAST FIVE CHAMPIONSHIP MEETINGS

2024: Clare 1-24 Tipperary 0-24 (Munster Round Robin)
2023: Tipperary 5-22 Clare 3-23 (Munster Round Robin)
2022: Clare 3-21 Tipperary 2-16 (Munster Round Robin)
2021: Tipperary 3-23 Clare 2-22 (Munster Semi-Final)
2019: Tipperary 3-21 Clare 0-17 (Munster Round Robin)

*This will be the 61stth championship meeting between the counties with Tipperary having won 40 to Clare’s 16, with four draws in the previous 60.

*It’s 11-4 in Tipperary’s favour in their championship clashes with Clare since 2000.

*Tipperary are seeking their first win in the Munster championship since 23 April 2023 when they beat Clare in the first round of the Munster ‘Round Robin’. Since then have drawn three (v Waterford 2023, Limerick 2023 and 2025) and lost six (three v Cork in 2023-2024-2025, one v Limerick 2024, one v Waterford 2023, one v Clare 2024).

*Tipperary beat Clare by 0-22 to 1-18 in this year’s Allianz Hurling League clash in Thurles.

*Clare and Waterford are the joint lowest-scorers in the Munster Championship (both on a total of 51 points). Cork lead the way (89 points). Tipperary have conceded the most (68 points).

Details

Date:
May 10
Time:
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Event Category:

Venue

Zimmer Biomet Páirc Chíosóg

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